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Don’t fear the fsync!After reading the comments on my earlier post, Delayed allocation and the zero-length file problem as well as some of the comments on the Slashdot story as well as the Ubuntu bug, it’s become very clear to me that there are a lot of myths and misplaced concerns about fsync() and how best to use it. I thought it would be appropriate to correct as many of these misunderstandings about fsync() in one comprehensive blog posting.The GNU/Linux Desktop: Nine MythsNobody questions whether Mac OS X is ready for the desktop. Never mind that switching to it involves learning different assumptions and tools and a new desktop. It has a reputation for being user-friendly, and is backed by a proprietary company, just like Windows. With GNU/Linux, however, the story is different. For over a decade, columnists and bloggers have been explaining how GNU/Linux isn’t ready for the desktop — and, despite all the progress in the operating system over the last ten years, the arguments haven’t changed much. Ich sage Linux ist schon seit 2 Jahren Desktopbereit es liegt an den Benutzern

5 Things You Can’t See on Your NetworkNetworks today are blind. As analyst firms such as Gartner have pointed out, IT doesn’t really know which users are on the network. Similarly, IT knows very little about the application traffic on the LAN.IT relies on cryptic tools to stand in for user and application data, but these tools can rarely be used to tie the information back to real-time traffic.But if networks have been blind to users and applications for a long time, why is this black hole a problem now? Changes in business practices have changed the risk dramatically. Organizations now host far more people, many of them „outsiders“ just visiting, and users are increasingly bringing in more and more applications all the time.

Recover Deleted Files With foremostforemost is a forensics application to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive. This short article shows how you can use foremost to recover deleted files. Manchmal kann es Hr. Timme doch, kurz und knapp, für den Einstieg perfekt